That's not true. Case law (Martinez to Bayern, Herrera to United) has established that other EU clubs must be allowed to use the release clause mechanism.
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That's not true. Case law (Martinez to Bayern, Herrera to United) has established that other EU clubs must be allowed to use the release clause mechanism.
Was looking forward what you and your calculator would have to say about this deal.
Not to the same extent.
Woodward definitely likes showing off the club's financial power these days, so lieing about fees seems unlikely.
Aulas would have fleeced the club even more and probably ask for 90million euros.
A UK footy journalist? Must be true then, they never make shit up.
That's entirely untrue, the press love nothing more than mentioning how much City have spent and how much each individual player cost. Sterling was English and proven in the Premier League and had a good showing at the World Cup, Liverpool were always going to drive a hard bargain for him knowing City's need and want for him. Sterling's price ultimately did not surprise many people. This absurd fee for Martial has come out of nowhere.
Naah. It will be about how desperate he was to join Spurs but they didn't deem him good enough to pay 20mil euros.
Same Uk journos that have been spewing nonsense all summer? same journos that had no clue about Martial until yesterday?
Who knows what the truth is?
France reports say much higher, is it Monaco briefing their press that this has been agreed or is it United briefing the English media that they have scouted him for a year, they only could do the deal as Monaco were eliminated from CL and that it is for £36m
Truth is probably somewhere between, unless it's officially reported by either club, I doubt we'll truly know
We're signing him at the deadline and he could turn out to be a bust if he never lives up to his fee.
Why? Because you support one club and not the other?
As @Cina said, the truth is probably in the middle, but acting like what Man Utd leak the fee to be is more reliable than what Monaco leak is naive. Or biased.
What?
£35m on Andy Carroll is the stupidest deal in English football history. Nothing will ever top that. Martial for one million more is a gamble. He might turn out to be fantastic, he might turn out to be useless, he might be something in between. It's a huge gamble.
Andy Carroll, however, wasn't a gamble. He was clearly useless. There was no chance of him ever succeeding at Liverpool because he was shite. And still is.
by all accounts this doesn't look like a deadline panic buy, though. I fail to see the similarities to Di Maria (who was actually bought a few weeks before the deadline iirc)
It's not. French journos saying a package worth up to 80m€. Whereas British journos saying £36m. What's not clear is how the deal is structured, certainly sure that this is not the case of journos getting confused though I'm sure some rival fans will.
Soldado. Heh heh. How much did Spuds spunk on Lamela too?
Hush, we believe UK journos when what they're reporting is favourable to United, but it's bullshit when it's less favourable
Whatever the fee we must sign him now. Imagine if this deal collapses somehow.
When the money gets into the player's account, it's liable to a staggering 52% income tax in Spain so you'd pay almost twice as much if Atletico refuses to sell him. And even then, it isn't sure he would want to come to United.
The kind of posts I want to see.Understand that people are a little taken aback by the price, it is a lot of money for a young player. The Club is loaded though, so who really cares. The biggest concern should be for the player himself and how he deals with the pressure of the fee.
However if the money could have been spent on a better/more established player then I would have preferred we do that.
However if the money could have been spent on a better/more established player then I would have preferred we do that.
...in your opinion.
Muppet suicide. Biggest you've ever seen.
£7m according to Glaston. Soldado cost £2m and they made £19m on his sale.
I'd guess it's the 50m Euros basic, + 10m "easy to earn" add-ons, + 20m "really hard to get" add-ons.
The James deal last year was thought to include a "wins Ballon D'Or with Real Madrid," bonus clause for example. If the bonus clauses are tough enough and he earns them then it could still be a fair deal.
Yes its not like that lie could be exposed later on when United have their quarterly investor calls and are answerable to the investors...oh hang on!
It was Ducker I think, I don't see what they'd have to gain by lying about what United have said to them. All the figures the moaners are quoting come from French journos.
Proven guilty of being crap ?
This guy rates him
Glastonomics are a truly awful invention.
If we're doing this today then the muppet in me still thinks something else big is going to happen tomorrow.
Martial has way more potential and is currently a far better player than Andy fecking Carroll was when Liverpool bought him.
What?
£35m on Andy Carroll is the stupidest deal in English football history. Nothing will ever top that. Martial for one million more is a gamble. He might turn out to be fantastic, he might turn out to be useless, he might be something in between. It's a huge gamble.
Andy Carroll, however, wasn't a gamble. He was clearly useless. There was no chance of him ever succeeding at Liverpool because he was shite. And still is.
Scored 11 goals in 19 apps for Newcastle in half a season, I'm in no way,shape or forming saying it was a sensible deal for that price, but he had already proven himself in the PL and was definitely not shite.
But i guess feck Liverpool.
I see liverpool, city fans and glastonmongs being annoyed over this unproven nobody that we're allegedly overpaying for. Can't help but smile.
The club's using its money, it didn't come from russians or oil sheiks, we're entitled to spend it as stupid as we want I think.
The club's using its money, it didn't come from russians or oil sheiks, we're entitled to spend it as stupid as we want I think.
Yeah, because Man Utd can't just wash their hands of what English media report and call it guesswork. Oh hang on.
Actually even the base figure of £36m would be £23m more than the £13m base figure paid for Soldado. And the £58m with potential add-ons would be £32m more than Soldado's equivalent.
You say that £58m is nonsense, but there are plenty of reports to the contrary.
I'm more inclined to believe a £36m fee then 80m euro.
Sounds fecking expensive.
Because Woodward wants to make the club look like a financial powerhouse for whom money is no object.
I don't think United have leaked the fee in any case, we haven't leaked a fee for any player thus far. Didn't even correct the assertion from every media outlet that Schweinsteiger cost £14m when it was actually only £6.3m. Probably some third party, and I'd believe that fee over something coming out of Monaco, given that they've just lost their brightest young player.
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